Omega-3 and fish oil supplements do not cause increased bleeding during spinal decompression surgery

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-132

  Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Huang, Russel C ^a   Meredith, Dennis ^a   Kim, Joon Hyung ^a   Sharma, Amit K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

bleeding complications; blood loss in spinal surgery; fish oil; lumbar decompression; omega 3 fatty acid; surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860776262     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3182120227     Document Type: Article

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